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did your high school have it?mine didn't but hubby's did and he took it all 4 yrs of high school.if yours did have one,how well was it stocked?i know some of the schools were we grew up lended a hand in helping students get their permits,like drivers ed...
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My old school did. they had everything i didnt take the class tho. but they were able to jack up cars and do loads of stuff. my new school that just opened sux major ass. for ur first year of auto shop u have to work on model cars.
Mine does, for grade 10/11/12. Didn't take it this year because I've got a heavy course load and need my spare periods, but I'm lucky the grade 11/12 class goes down during my spare. When I'm free, I hang out there.

It's a wicked autoshop, we have 2, but only one is used daily. The one that's used has 2 two-post hoists, lotsa stuff. The teacher, a REAL licensed mechanic, will fix your/your family/teacher's cars for no labour charge, and can get parts at wholesale from UAP/Napa.

He'll do decently big jobs, but nothing huge, ie, rebuilding your motor or replacing your engine/tranny. Just not enough time.
Took first year auto mech. in high skool. It covered basic car maintanence. Regretably, I didn't continue taking it teh following years because I wasn't interested at the time.
We had it all 4 years of hs as well. The paint quality was shitty I know that. The instructor let them practice on a 67 vette with a blown 350ci every year for graduation. (don't know anything about it) I just remember the paint jobs were always crappy looking.

They did have 5 service pays tho... Nice.
my school sucked, it didnt have shit...


and i really wanted to take it too.:(
to be more specific i went to 2 diff high schools but both had auto shop
the 1st didn't have lifts,tire balancer, tire mount. brake lathe
the second had everything. i spent my last 2 yrs in high school taking that class twice a day. we did engine swaps and gas to electric conversions.security hated me cause i would alway leave school ground cause i had to go pisk up a part :lol: they'd throw me in detention then when they leave the teacher let me out cause i worked on his car. i also forgot to return 2 books at the end of the year but since i also worked on the book keepers car she let it go. damn i had so much pull in that school:disappoin i miss it
2wickedtoyz said:
to be more specific i went to 2 diff high schools but both had auto shop
the 1st didn't have lifts,tire balancer, tire mount. brake lathe
the second had everything. i spent my last 2 yrs in high school taking that class twice a day. we did engine swaps and gas to electric conversions.security hated me cause i would alway leave school ground cause i had to go pisk up a part :lol: they'd throw me in detention then when they leave the teacher let me out cause i worked on his car. i also forgot to return 2 books at the end of the year but since i also worked on the book keepers car she let it go. damn i had so much pull in that school:disappoin i miss it

i say we break into your old school, and pimp the principle's car...:thumbup:
:lol: i prefered working on the go karts they could do wheelies and beat my teachers 911 off the line:lol:
:eek:

what were the top speeds..?

12 mph..??:p:
Mine did, and I regret not taking it.

It would have been nice to get my feet wet in the automotive world a few years earlier than I did.
75mph was the top speed but after 60mph it would shake badly. we ran it with m/t drag slicks and it still spun those we had vw wheels on the front. it was sick
http://www.evchallenge.org/hs_webpages/2004/miramar/

thats the link for hubby's old high school,they built and competed with an ev:thumbup:
my skool has it and its the best time ever...we have a auto shop ...and engine tuning/rebuild and a engine part repair shop./... i have all three this semester ...and my sedual look like moring two claess auotshop lunch engine rebiuld and then engine part repair.......be do just about everthing...last year my teacher put a v10 in his 1984 astro van and its the skool drag car...old cammaro burned....ening eclass is good we have some asin guy which is working on his project a 1999 fully jdm civic...its got right now a 1999 tegra type r eninge turbod at 5 or psi chip .stage 3 cams custom muffler racing tranny right hand drive and get this i cryed all doors hood hatch are CF......its a good cousre and i think its should be in all skool....i love going to skool now....we also and bring in cars and work on them too thats where my bro got his race ready h23 v tec ening swap done...yes u can make a h23 in to a vtec engine......swap heads and cams....
Yeah, my school did.

The teachers were wicked ******** (not white trash at all), so they had a SC'ed Camero and something else, but they would 'show it off' by putting 50 foot black streaks down the road (these were like 10" wide tires!)

Cool stuff.
Ratko said:
Mine did, and I regret not taking it.

It would have been nice to get my feet wet in the automotive world a few years earlier than I did.
you too, eh?

I wish I took shop at woodlands too....
I had to learn how to change a tire from a friend of mine....who was a girl.....:disappoin
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